I am not a veteran walking the path of the Siddhas. I am also a newbie trying to find my way back home with their guidance. But it saddens me to see even accomplished people on the path not listening to Agathiyar. Walking the path, we tend to observe co-walkers and do tend to see their weaknesses. Agathiyar too shares his sadness with us whenever he comes. But it is not a form of condemnation but one to bring an awareness not to do the same. And so too in walking under the shadows of pioneers we do tend to find faults but again it is not a form of condemnation but a lesson not to be repeated by us. Walking ahead of others who knows what mistakes we make along the way that is noticed by these novices. I guess the only way to end all judgement and discrimination is to go within and shut oneself up and lose himself in oneness with the divine. Imagine if pleasures of the senses could be so rewarding to the flesh, how rewarding the bliss in resting in him would be to the Soul. This "resting in peace" should happen while alive and not after death. This is only possible in going within, where only you exist with him or rather in him and he in you.
God tells Neale Donald Walsch (in "The Wisdom of the Universe") that "You are always a part, because you are never apart. You are always a part of God because you are never apart from God. This is the truth of your being. We are whole. So now you know the whole truth." Bliss is in becoming whole again. Not knowing the way, we yearn and struggle to reach that union and perfection. As long as we are a part of him, the yearning and struggle and battle to return to the whole shall persists. But with his grace if we come to know that we were never even for a second apart from him, we simply settle into the whole.
Muthukumar Swamigal of Kuttralam had echoed the words of God "The beauty and fragrance of your flowering shall fill the land, and you shall yet have your place in the Garden of the Gods" carried in Neale's book when he visited the Batu Cave temple the day after he visited us at AVM on April 3, 2017. "நாம் வாழும் காலத்திலே நம்மை வாழ்த்துர மனிதர்கள் ஒருபக்கம் இருந்தாலும் நம்முடைய ஜென்ம ஞானம் முடிந்த பிறப்பாடு நம்மை பற்றி உணர்வதற்குப் பேசுவதற்கு எல்லாம் அதுதான் வாழ்க்கை. அது எல்லோருக்கும் கிடைக்காது. இப்போ அந்த ஐயா நம்ம பார்த்தோம் நேற்று அவர் இந்த நாட்டிலே அகஸ்தியராகவே வாழ்ந்து கிட்டு இருக்கிறாரு."
Man is a marvel. We have not reached our highest potential. Ramalinga Adigal and the other Siddhas had. God tells Neale, "For our grandest ideas are as yet unexpressed and our grandest vision unlived." Just as Lord Muruga told us that they have given us all the tools, God tells Neale that "I have given you the tools with which to create the grandest reality." God and the Siddhas have a vision for us, that might be attainable and reachable if only we listen and follow. But man has other priorities driven by his ego and greed to achieve more and hoard more in this material world. For those who have a sincere yearning they face obstacles from even the religious and spiritual. I was surprised to learn from a lady that their guru had placed blocks in the path of her husband attaining certain states fearing that her husband would overshadow him. That was a blow to my faith on gurus in human form. In their eagerness to know they learn online and without direct supervision which could pose a danger. Some by a twist of fate give themselves up entirely to frauds. I guess there a guru will come by who shall identify our sincere aspiration to know and reach God and groom us in his image. I can feel the yearning of many to reach the Holy feet of God and Agathiyar from talking to them. Three ladies had shared with me that they were prepared to leave any moment if and when the call comes. Who can save them if it isn't Agathiyar himself? When I too was prepared, Agathiyar told me, the family and close ones that he had a vision and a task for me that shall be revealed in good time. I was asked to put of the thought and asking. We are here as part of his masterplan. He needs us to execute his plans.
Having said all this and boosting our spirits, he gives us a blow and brings us down to earth. As I am penning this post, I receive a call telling me that a devout family that worshipped and followed the Siddhas had met with a head on collision just minutes before reaching their holiday destination on Deepavali day. It was severe and tragic with one family member dead. How do we explain this? What am I going to say to the family?